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Demand for workers in HCM City and other manufacturing hubs in the south has been high and rising after the Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays driven by a business recovery as COVID-19 recedes. A company in the southern province of Binh Duong advertises job openings. Photo laodong.vn Companies in the city’s industrial parks and export processing zones need around 12,000 workers, including 2,540 with a university degree, according to the HCM City Export Processing and Industrial Zones Authority (HEPZA). Another 4,700 jobs are available for applicants with college and vocational education, and the rest are for manual workers, Hung Hua Quoc Hung, head of HEPZA, said. The textile and footwear sectors have the largest demand, he added. The HCM City Centre for Forecasting Manpower Needs and Labour Market Information said the city overall is expected to need 30,000 workers after the Tet holiday. Do Thanh Van, deputy director of the centre, said trade, services, textile and … [Read more...] about Labour demand up in the south after Tet as economy recovers

After the launching ceremony, over 200 officials and local Youth Union members cleaned up Tang Long 2 beach in Tam Quang Nam ward, Hoai Nhon town. Also, the Binh Dinh provincial Young Physicians Club worked with the Thu Phuc international clinic to provide free health checkups and medicines to 300 local people in Hoai Huong and Hoai Xuan wards of Hoai My and Hoai Hai communes, respectively. In addition, the organizers handed over 300 national flags to Youth Union members and fishermen, presented 5,000 medical facemasks to border guards of Binh Dinh province, and offered 20 gift packages, worth VND 500,000 each, to needy students with excellent academic grades in Hoai Nhon town. The program aims to celebrate the 90th founding anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, the 65th anniversary of the Traditional Day of the Border Guard, and the 32nd anniversary of the Whole People’s Border Day. Moreover, the organizers also aim to raise local Youth Union members’ … [Read more...] about Youths of Binh Dinh province respond to the “Border activities in March 2021” program

Among the new infections, 12 locally infected cases were recorded in the northern province of Hai Duong, the country's largest COVID-19 hotspot, and four imported cases were found in the southern provinces of Tay Ninh and Dong Thap. Of the total count, 1,542 were locally infected, including 849 cases since January 27. A total 1,876 COVID-19 patients have recovered so far, and the death toll remains at 35. Among those still under treatment, 62 have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 once, 53 twice and 95 thrice. Ten provinces and cities have gone through 14 consecutive days without new locally-infected cases of COVID-19. As many as 63,054 people who had close contact with confirmed patients or returned from pandemic-hit regions are being quarantine across the country. Source: VNA … [Read more...] about Vietnam records 16 COVID-19 cases on February 28 afternoon

The country’s pandemic hotspot Hai Duong in the north hosted eight of the total new cases, while the remaining five, all Vietnamese nationals, were imported and quarantined upon arrivals in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang. The eight infections in Hai Duong are F1 cases of confirmed COVID-19 patients. Six of them have been quarantined since January 28, and the rest since February 28. All are now under quarantine and treatment. Of the total cases to date, there were 1,550 domestically-transmitted cases, including 857 recorded since the latest outbreak hit Hai Duong and several other northern localities on January 27. A total 60,693 people who came in close contact with COVID-19 patients or arrived from pandemic-hit areas are under quarantine nationwide, including 560 at hospitals, 12,298 at other quarantine sites, and 47,835 at home. Among patients under treatment, 66 have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 once, 37 twice, and 113 thrice. Vietnam has seen 1,892 recoveries … [Read more...] about New COVID-19 infections number 13, including 8 from Hai Duong

Chairman of Hanoi City’s People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh on March 01, 2021 promptly signed Decision No. 995/QD-UBND on granting the award. A letter from Hanoi Party Secretary Vuong Dinh Hue also acknowledged Nguyen Ngoc Manh’s brave act. On the evening of February 28, the unsupervised toddler named N.P.H climbed over the balcony of her family’s home on the 13th floor of Nguyen Huy Tuong Apartment Complex, Thanh Xuan district, Hanoi. She managed to grab the railings but let go just several seconds after. At the time, Nguyen Ngoc Manh, who was on a courier run in the complex, spotted the girl and quickly climbed onto the first floor’s roof to catch her. The girl was rushed to the hospital where X-ray results showed she had a dislocated hip joint and several broken bones, but no further trauma. Source: SGGP News … [Read more...] about Man saving toddler from falling death awarded merit certificate